Western European Retail Savings and Investments Interactive Database 2007

Table of Contents

• DATAMONITOR VIEW
  • SUMMARY
• WESTERN EUROPEAN RETAIL SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS DATABASE 2007
  • Database content
• APPENDIX
  • Definitions
    • Retail savings and investments
    • Historic Data Collection
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • France
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Ireland
      • Italy
      • Netherlands
      • Norway
      • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Switzerland
      • UK
    • Forecasting Methodology
  • 2008-9 will be characterized by struggling economies worldwide
    • Rising interest rates, excessive borrowing and negative savings rates have combined in a perfect storm that will upend most of the world' s economies
      • The widespread securitization of loans will compound this problem
    • And the US economy is not healthy enough to ' expand' itself out of this market
    • Foreign direct investment may also boost the economy, however foreign investors are pulling money out of the US markets
    • A continued Treasury sell-off may further depress the dollar and force interest rate hikes ...
    • Another major terrorist attack in the US will destabilize the economy further
    • Market capitalization will fall worldwide as US stock markets continue their jitters
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